BEDOYA V. BEDOYA

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida, July Term, A.D. 2011 Opinion filed October 19, 2011. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D10-2161 Lower Tribunal No. 09-24944 ________________ Margarita Bedoya, Appellant, vs. Pastor Bedoya, Appellee. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Scott M. Bernstein, Judge. Scott Martin Roth, Kenneth R. Turner, and Mark S. Youngblood (Naples), for appellant. No appearance for appellee. Before SUAREZ and FERNANDEZ, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge. SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge. The final judgment of dissolution is reversed in part insofar as it (a) grants the wife the $150 per month alimony agreed to in the parties separation agreement only from the date of the filing of the action, September 16, 2009, rather than, as required, when the agreement was entered into, January 7, 2004, see Benson v. Benson, 369 So. 2d 99 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979); Brenske v. Brenske, 151 So. 2d 58 (Fla. 3d DCA 1963); Sedell v. Sedell, 100 So. 2d 639 (Fla. 1st DCA 1958), and (b) denies prejudgment interest, see Thurman v. Thurman, 637 So. 2d 64 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994); Romans v. Romans, 611 So. 2d 92 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991). The wife s other appellate issues present no harmful error. Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. 2

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